Chapter 36 Another Invitation

Finally, driven by the threat to their lives, the two sides cooperated to eliminate the group of mutants.

The moment they wiped out the mutants, they all collapsed, panting heavily. If they hadn't still had some strength left to defend themselves, they probably would have passed out.

Although Chen Hao was tired, he could still stand and struggled to walk towards the culprit. He pointed his finger at Jiang Ye's nose, but before he could open his mouth to question him, Jiang Ye grabbed his index finger and said with emotion, "I knew you were a good person, brother. How about I grill some beef for you tonight?!"

Chen Hao's face instantly contorted into a grimace.

Meanwhile, Bai Chenzhu skillfully slid down from the tree, dusted off his hands, walked over and lightly nudged Tang Zhao's forearm with his toe, "Get up, don't sleep."

Tang Zhao closed his eyes and murmured twice before turning to his side, covering his head, and falling fast asleep. There was a bloody scratch on his arm that he didn't know when he had made it.

Bai Chenzhu glanced at him, then looked towards Jiang Ye, and coincidentally their eyes met.

At that moment, his mind went blank, and he couldn't remember anything. Bai Chenzhu paused, then looked away.

They had just had a fight, so seeing each other again was always a little awkward. Bai Chenzhu pretended not to see it. He had just wanted to pull Tang Zhao away, but who would have thought Tang Zhao would be so honest.

When Chen Hao and his group rushed over, Tang Zhao also rushed up to help.

When Bai Chenzhu came to his senses, the battle was in complete chaos. Everyone present was a strong and healthy superhuman, and dealing with zombies was no problem for them. Bai Chenzhu simply climbed a tree and sat down to observe the surrounding situation.

It's unclear where Jiang Ye attracted the mutants, but after this wave of mutants, the surrounding area gradually returned to calm.

The campfire was lit, and Jiang Ye shamelessly befriended Chen Hao, who in turn learned about the situation on the mountain from Jiang Ye.

Jiang Ye and his group arrived earlier. According to Jiang Ye, they learned that a zombie king had appeared on the mountain. It had some consciousness and could gather zombies together.

According to Jiang Ye, it would soon ascend to the throne and might even organize a zombie horde to attack Fuzhou City. Hearing this, Chen Hao and the others were filled with righteous indignation and were about to grab their weapons to assassinate the zombie king.

Bai Chenzhu listened silently from the side, his expression growing increasingly strange as he listened.

After all, according to Jiang Ye's previous statement, it is very difficult for a zombie to develop consciousness, let alone evolve the ability to summon a horde of zombies to attack a city.

He was probably just trying to scam people again. Bai Chenzhu felt inexplicably annoyed at the thought.

"Speaking of which, who are these two...?" After gathering the information, Chen Hao's eyes darted around and his gaze fell on Zhou Zhuohua. She and Bai Tao had been acting as invisible people from beginning to end, barely saying a word.

“This is my older sister, Jiang Zhuohua,” Jiang Ye said with a smile. “Next to her is my younger sister, Jiang Tao.”

"Oh, in this world, it's really not easy for Brother Jiang to have two women with him." Chen Hao sighed, and he and Jiang Ye exchanged a few flattering words.

Chen Hao finally got to the point, "I wonder if Miss Jiang has someone she likes?"

In this chaotic world, the weak always attach themselves to the strong, while the strong always have the right to choose. Zhou Zhuohua was clean and tidy, with her hair tied in a ponytail and wearing silver-rimmed glasses. By the campfire, she looked at the beautiful woman, who was already a lovely lady, but now she was even more beautiful.

Chen Hao's favorite type of woman is the highly educated woman he couldn't reach in the past.

Jiang Ye looked at Zhou Zhuohua, and Zhou Zhuohua also looked at Jiang Ye.

After a moment, Zhou Zhuohua nodded to Jiang Ye.

Bai Chenzhu found it hard not to pay attention to what was happening over there. He almost immediately understood what Zhou Zhuohua meant: "Make up whatever you want."

Jiang Ye chuckled and said, "My sister is shy, but actually, she likes men as imposing as Brother Chen the most. Before the apocalypse, there were men who wanted to pursue my sister that stretched from Jiangzhou City to Fuyun City. It won't be so easy for Brother Chen to become my brother-in-law."

"You said it yourself that it's before the apocalypse, so how many of those people are left?" Chen Hao said bluntly. "If we're going to wait in line, shouldn't it be my turn by now? Tell me, what do you want in terms of dowry?"

Jiang Ye then looked at Zhou Zhuohua, who yawned and bowed to him.

In Chen Hao's eyes, it meant agreement, but in Bai Chenzhu's eyes, it clearly meant: Keep making things up.

Jiang Ye then said, "That zombie king must have something special about it. Maybe it has something on it that can command the horde of zombies. My sister means that her boyfriend should be a warrior who can kill the zombie king."

Bai Chenzhu's eyelids twitched as he listened.

Sure enough, Jiang Ye then started to persuade Chen Hao to fight the zombie king the next day, giving him a specific location and praising him so much that he couldn't tell east from west.

Bai Chenzhu couldn't stand it anymore, so she got up, grabbed a coat, and threw it onto Tang Zhao, who was lying down. She then sat down against the tree trunk and closed her eyes to rest.

He thought someone would wake him up for a break halfway through, but he ended up sleeping until almost noon.

Bai Chenzhu got up from the ground and looked around warily. This was a camp, but it was clearly not Chen Hao's group's camp.

Jiang Ye sat cross-legged on the side, packing his backpack. Seeing that he was awake, he raised his chin and said, "Oh, you're awake?"

"Where are Chen Hao and the others?" Bai Chenzhu got up and straightened his clothes. The backpack next to him was intact, with no signs of being touched.

"They've been itching to fight the zombie king for ages." Jiang Ye pulled out a wild fruit, wiped it casually, and started eating it with a clatter. "Young man, I think you're good-looking. I'll show you a way to survive."

"What?"

Jiang Ye propped himself up on his elbows, flashing a defiant smile. "The world is dangerous. Follow me!"

Hearing these familiar words, Bai Chenzhu was momentarily speechless. Or rather, he didn't know what Jiang Ye was thinking, that he could pretend nothing had happened and face him with such a carefree smile.

That makes him look like a fool, someone who can be easily fooled.

Bai Chenzhu frowned, and as if to conceal his embarrassment, he picked up his backpack with one hand and walked out of the camp.

"Hey! Don't go!" Jiang Ye hurriedly got up. Bai Chenzhu had just stepped out the door when Jiang Ye grabbed her hand.

"I'm sincere, please say yes."

With two 'thuds', Bai Chenzhu and Jiang Ye turned around and saw Tang Zhao staring in disbelief. The wild fruit in his arms had rolled to the ground, but he didn't bother to pick it up. He looked at the two holding hands in horror and asked, "What... what are you doing?"

Bai Chenzhu: ...

Seeing Tang Zhao's thoughts running wild across the grasslands like an alpaca, Bai Chenzhu broke free from Jiang Ye's hand and looked at Tang Zhao, "You didn't go with Chen Hao?"

"Brother, I have to stay with you." Tang Zhao always spoke bluntly. "Didn't you say we'd find a chance to leave this time? I saw you weren't even awake yet, but I immediately understood what you meant! Heh, of course I can't leave!"

Bai Chenzhu, who had actually overslept, fell silent.

Jiang Ye's eyes lit up. "Since you're leaving, why don't you come with us? You can look out for each other on the way. Your name is Tang Zhao, right? You look very young, about the same age as the young guys in my team. You'll definitely have a lot to talk about."

What topic? The college entrance exam? Bai Chenzhu turned around and covered Jiang Ye's mouth, afraid that if they were any later, this person would have fooled Tang Zhao into not knowing what was going on.

“We have other things to talk about. Go find Bai Tao to play.” Bai Chenzhu forcefully covered Jiang Ye’s mouth with one hand, opened the tent with the other, and led the people inside.

The door was getting smaller and smaller, and Tang Zhao's mind had completely gone blank. What could possibly need to be discussed in broad daylight with the curtains drawn?

"Wait, who is Bai Tao?"

Entering the cramped tent, Bai Chenzhu let go of his backpack, put it aside, sat down, and tapped the floor with his fingertip. "Let's talk."

Jiang Ye nodded, but then heard Bai Chenzhu sneer, "You came to me this time not because you need me to find the Zombie King or the fragments, right?"

Jiang Ye froze, his eyes darting around before his smile vanished. He sat cross-legged opposite Bai Chenzhu and admitted, "Yes."

Seeing Bai Chenzhu get up to leave, Jiang Ye quickly grabbed him, "Wait! It's not entirely for that reason. After all, I could find it myself if I spent some time!"

"Then what do you want from me?" Bai Chenzhu grabbed Jiang Ye's hand and forced him to let go. He looked down at Jiang Ye and grabbed his neck, his eyes dangerous, settling scores. "Who gave you permission to move me while I was sleeping?"

They moved directly to Jiangye's headquarters.

Jiang Ye mumbled something, coughing occasionally, as if the force he was using was hindering his speech.

Bai Chenzhu couldn't hear clearly; he only felt hesitant and curious about Jiang Ye's unusual demeanor.

Bai Chenzhu released his grip.

“We can talk about something else.” Jiang Ye’s gaze wandered for a moment before settling on Bai Chenzhu’s face. He sighed deeply. “I was too hasty last time, and I’ve always had faith in your abilities. You see, we’ve been friends who’ve been through thick and thin together…”

"Don't mention friends to me," Bai Chenzhu retorted, his face darkening.

“…Okay,” Jiang Ye paused for a moment, “Then, brother?”

"No."

Why have you suddenly become so domineering? Jiang Ye didn't know whether to laugh or cry. He thought for a long time, carefully avoiding those words, "In short, you are very important to me. You are not a tool or something that can be discarded at will."

Bai Chenzhu crossed his arms and looked at him, deliberately making things difficult for him, "Did you say that to all your former followers?"

"This is different!"

Bai Chenzhu looked at him, "What's different?"

Jiang Ye was speechless. He thought for a while and said, "If I had to say, you are the most special one."

"Oh~" Bai Chenzhu nodded perfunctorily, then suddenly asked, "How does it compare to Sister Zhuohua?"

"How can you compare?" Jiang Ye's mouth moved faster than his brain, but he immediately realized he had misspoke. "Oh, no, what I meant was, cough, Zhuohua is my childhood friend, and you are my—cough cough!"

Jiang Ye was speechless for a moment, "You are me, um, um, uh."

The somewhat serious atmosphere lightened a bit because of this little incident. Bai Chenzhu couldn't help but smile. He knew that the other party couldn't use the commonly used words because of his permission, but he didn't offer any help at all. He even planned to continue watching the show.

He sat back down with his arms crossed, teasingly asking, "What is it?"

Jiang Ye chose to slide to his knees, clasping his hands together, "Big brother, please forgive me! I know I was wrong!"

"Where did you go wrong?" Bai Chenzhu rarely saw him like this, so she looked at him curiously and cooperated.

“If you want something sweet in the future, I will definitely not ask you for anything salty!” Jiang Ye said quickly.

Bai Chenzhu narrowed her eyes and cut him off, saying, "I have hands and feet, I don't need you to find me anything sweet."

Silence fell over the tent for a moment.

Bai Chenzhu rested his chin on his hand, looking at Jiang Ye who was on high alert, and suddenly sighed deeply. Judging from Jiang Ye's style of speaking and acting, this person was definitely not a very patient person.

Therefore, Bai Chenzhu really didn't expect Jiang Ye to chat with him until now.

Having thought he had done his part, he started a conversation that circled back to the topic, "To be honest, I was just being stubborn..."

He didn't intend to use this to threaten Jiang Ye; that would be too petty. It was better to just get it all out in one go.

Unexpectedly, Jiang Ye spoke up at the same time, "Last time I was too arrogant..."

Both of them paused, knowing exactly what the other wanted to say, yet unable to say it out loud.

We looked at each other, and Bai Chenzhu relaxed, adjusted his posture, propped up one knee, and shook his hand on his knee. He stopped talking about the past, saying, "I like honest people."

"What a coincidence." Jiang Ye sat cross-legged, leaning forward with his hands on the ground. His sharp eyebrows and bright eyes, which were originally extremely sharp, were now full of smiles, softening his features. "From now on, I will be an honest person."

"From now on?" A hint of coldness appeared in Bai Chenzhu's eyes as he raised them, his gaze distant. "Who said anything about from now on?"